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PLASTICS WASTE
New shipping rules start 1 Jan 2020 / Basel Convention amendments / No consensus on non-hazardous plastics waste
24.09.2020
GERMANY
Lower house approves bill to implement EU waste directive / Packaging group says single-use ban interferes with basic rights of market participants
24.09.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING
EuCertPlas launches food-contact module for PET, HDPE, PP processes
23.09.2020
PLASTICS TAX
National Council of Switzerland calls for plastics levy / Lower house wants 25% recyclate rate for packaging by 2025
14.09.2020
BREXIT
UK chemicals industry lauds added time for registrations
09.09.2020
GUEST EDITORIAL
Pro EU plastics tax: “The plastics tax – an important impulse” / Tomasz Mikulski, ML Polyolefins
04.09.2020
GUEST EDITORIAL
Con EU plastics tax: “We need a European plastics Marshall Plan” / Hannes Meier, M2 Consulting
04.09.2020
PLASTICS WASTE
Interpol: Illegal disposal of plastics waste is booming / “Waste mafia” redirects large quantities to Southeast Asia
04.09.2020
AVIENT
Compounder rolls out new light-blocking additive to comply with EU titanium dioxide restrictions
02.09.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING USA
Alliance to create circular economy / North American platform of Ellen MacArthur's global “Plastics Pact” / 50% recycling rate targeted
31.08.2020
REACH
New procedure for reporting SVHCs from 2021 / ECHA with dedicated web page
25.08.2020
AUSTRIA
Greenpeace criticises poor recycling rates for PET bottles / “Increase the proportion of returnable containers”
03.08.2020
PLASTICS TAX
EU parliament rejects council's coronavirus recovery package / Tax on non-recyclable plastic packaging a target / EuPC warns levy will not improve recycling
28.07.2020
CHEMICAL RECYCLING
ChemRecEurope responds to restrictions in Zero Waste Europe's priorities for waste policy
28.07.2020
PLASTICS TAX
EU summit agrees budget and coronavirus recovery fund / Plastics industry criticises levy on non-recyclable packaging
22.07.2020
CORRECTION - GLASS FIBRE PRODUCTS
Anti-dumping tariffs on continuous filament glass fibres from Egypt in effect
22.07.2020
THE NETHERLANDS
“Recycling is good, reuse is even better” / Offensive against packaging waste
21.07.2020
ETHYLENE
EU commission fines Celanese, Clariant and Orbia / Companies implicated in illegal C2 purchasing scheme
17.07.2020
PLASTICS WASTE
German parliament calls for ban on exports to non-EU countries
10.07.2020
GERMANY
Cabinet approves ban on single-use plastic items / Environmental organisation calls for expansion of reuse systems
01.07.2020
ECHA
Three new plastics-related chemicals added to EU's SVHC list
01.07.2020
PVC
Turkey initiates new anti-dumping investigation on imports from Germany and the US
26.06.2020
REACH
UK could see no future association with ECHA / National rules will be drafted
23.06.2020
MICROPLASTICS
ECHA proposals on microplastics ban receive committee support / Inclusion of materials in synthetic turf
18.06.2020
CELANESE
Anti-dumping petition filed in Europe for UHMW-PE imports from South Korea
09.06.2020
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